Water Rights Task Force Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Water Rights Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service announces meetings of the Water Rights Task

Force established on August 20, 1996, in accordance with the provisions

of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as

amended. The chairman has changed the location of the previous

scheduled August 4-5, 1997, meeting of the Task Force to Boise, Idaho,

and has scheduled a new meeting August 18, 1997, in Denver, Colorado.

DATES: The meetings will be held August 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;

August 5, from 8:30 a.m. until adjourned by the chairman; and August

18, from 8:00 a.m. until adjourned by the chairman.

ADDRESSES: The August 4-5 meeting will be held in Boise at the Red

Lion/Doubletree Riverside Hotel, Delamar Conference Room, 2900 Chinden

Blvd. The August 18 meeting will be held at the United Airlines Red

Carpet Club Conference Room at the Denver International Airport.

Send written comments to Eleanor Towns, FACA Liaison, Water Rights

Task Force, c/o USDA Forest Service, MAIL STOP 1124, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, DC 20090-6090. Telephone: (202) 205-1248; Fax: (202) 205-

1604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Glasser, Watershed & Air Management Staff, Telephone: (202)

205-1172; Fax: (202) 205-1096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Rights Task Force is composed of

seven members appointed by Congress and the Secretary of Agriculture to

study and make recommendations on issues pertaining to water rights.

All meetings are open to the public and time for the public to address

the Task Force is scheduled on August 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Discussion is limited only to Task Force members and Forest Service

personnel. Persons who wish to bring water rights matters to the

attention of the Task Force may file written statements, either before

or after these meetings, with the Forest Service liaison at the address

listed earlier in this notice.

Dated: July 17, 1997.

Robert C. Joslin,

Deputy Chief, NFS.

[FR Doc. 97-19504 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]

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